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What kind of man was Ludwig von Mises? As this unique film shows, Mises (1881-1973) was a man who never stopped fighting for freedom: not when the Nazis burned his books, not when the Left blackballed him at universities, not when it seemed as if statism had won. With courage and genius, he fought big government until the day he died ... in 25 books, hundreds of articles, and more than 60 years of teaching.
Mises's battles against Communists, Nazis, and other socialists, are featured in this film, as are his ideas of Liberty. There is also the old Vienna he loved, the Bolshevik prime minister he dissuaded from Communism, and a cast of villains from Lenin to Hitler, as well as such supporters and stud
ents as Murray Rothbard, Ron Paul, Bettina Greaves, M. Stanton Evans, Mary Peterson, Joseph Sobran, and Yuri Maltsev. Among his many accomplishments, Mises showed that socialism had to fail, that central banking causes recessions and depressions, that the gold standard is honest money, and that onl
y laissez-faire capitalism is fully compatible with Western civilization. Mises was the twentieth century's foremost economist, and one of its most important champions of Liberty. Here is a film that does justice to this extraordinary man, and to his equally extraordinary ideas.


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Why don't you shut ... ( 2 months ago by Moragauth)
Why don't you shut up you retarded crank? You're the liar here. Fucking idiot, judging Mises with your propaganda-induced beliefs. Crawl under a rock and die.
I agree. Make sure ... ( 2 months ago by Moragauth)
I agree. Make sure you do it in a way that you die slowly and painfully.
He won't or ... ( 2 months ago by Moragauth)
He won't or probably can't.
I am a consumer and ... ( 2 months ago by Moragauth)
I am a consumer and nothing you say will reduce me to a "citizen".
I'm a science/math ... ( 2 months ago by teenflunkie)
I'm a science/math type but I was once very clueless about economics. So I read Human Action ( well most of it ). I was amazed that I could KNOW economics ( through Misean epistemological methodology ). I also came to discovery that ignorance of economics usually leads to unsound or disatrous political thinking or doctrines. Mises is a very important fellow indeed.
dude im the same as ... ( 2 months ago by scientistwriter)
dude im the same as you haha.
Same here. ( 2 months ago by mj011n1r)
Same here.
I plan to read ... ( 1 month ago by voister81)
I plan to read Human Action. Man, as a guy in Science(math) I came to realize Social Science IS NOT CRAP :)). Maybe much more interesting than science!! I'll buy Human Action now.
Markets are defined ... ( 1 month ago by hymnofashes)
Markets are defined by regulation. (Patent regulations, delimited public goods, etc.) and economies are also subsets of the natural environment. Production decisions are generally consumer-driven, but often also by political forces or the preferences of those who either produce, seize, or happen to inherit (look at the Saudis) valuable capital. I have those reservations about 'free' markets.
The fundamental ... ( 1 month ago by hymnofashes)
The fundamental problem with laissez-faire economies is that there is a demand in the market for devices and individuals whose purpose is to subvert the market itself by monopolizing information, creating barriers to entry, destroying equality of opportunity, or most commonly creating value for private shareholders by cannibalizing goods in the public sphere. I agree about the gold standard, though.
The best way to ... ( 1 month ago by hugolp)
The best way to monopolize a market is having the goverment issuing a law and using people taxes to inforce that law. Otherwise, if you dont use the goverment, you have to pay the effort of keeping the monopoly. And that is very very expensive and ends up in having another company taking over your market anyways.
An exclusive ... ( 1 month ago by norcofreerider604)
An exclusive monopoly is the invention of government, not the market. Since the market is driven by competition, abusive "monopolies" will fail quickly as better goods/services beat it out.
most monopolies ... ( 1 month ago by TaylorDykstra)
most monopolies that have appeared throughout history have been supported by government through protectionism ex. guild monopolies. But even with government sponsored monopolies, the free market will many times find ways around it. The government monopoly imposed on railroads and therefore swift transportation was overcome by the advancement of the automobile. Free market capitalism even has found ways around monopoly.
Mises was an ... ( 1 month ago by freezyfreeze)
Mises was an economic genius. He preached free market and condemned socialism. I especially loved his take on price control. Alot of the time government thinks they are helping, but ultimately hurt. Like when govt. raises min. wage. Mises says if you raise min. wage with no regard to total capital income, raising min. wages actually creates mass unemployment. Leave economics to economists, politics to politics. Govt plays its hand into too much economics and alot of the time fail horribly.
First- be adults. I ... ( 1 month ago by hymnofashes)
First- be adults. I am not trolling. Don't flag me. You seem to be arguing that anti-monopolistic legislation is unwarranted because the government causes monopolies. That doesn't make sense. No one responded to my concerns. You just asserted that the government is really behind monopolies. I can show that monopolies are often behind the government. If you don't define the relationship between the government and business, it will exist anyway, and it will not be subject to democratic input.
hmmm rocka fella ... ( 1 month ago by ashilionair)
hmmm rocka fella sure didnt kill anyone but he robbed the people in amerika and turned them to slave labour and his family continues the job
I wasn't too ... ( 1 month ago by Johnhoulgate)
I wasn't too thrilled with the Rockefeller reference either, but overall, this was a great presentation of Ludwig Von Mises.
politics should be ... ( 3 weeks ago by ogello)
politics should be about = freedom Freedom should be about = economy economy should be about = politics. economists regulating the country since the economy is the drivin motor in a funcioning society isnt that scary a thought to me. Put a libertarian in charge of change, give it a 5 years gradualisation.. and we should see something we have never seen before. oh yeah and eliminate the un and the eu. very important:)
I'm watching it as ... ( 2 weeks ago by bbpro)
I'm watching it as we speak and just saw that part too, and I didn't care for it, but otherwise this video looks great thus far.
Von Mises was a ... ( 2 weeks ago by franz9z)
Von Mises was a true freemaket friend.Not a
Half-Socialist as Friedman and Chicagoschool FED-Monetarist State Power defenders!
I agree Von Mises ... ( 2 weeks ago by franz9z)
I agree Von Mises was a genius.His works should be morerecognized.Austrian school must
noticed.I don
´t like the way Friedman´s followers allways try to discredit Von Mises,Hayek and Rothbard!They are worse then keynesians,that is more honest in the debate, but Friedmans Followers are a gang of back-stabbers!!Watch out for them and debate them.Friedman would not take a debate with Rothbard!
ok nazi how about ... ( 3 days ago by calebabcxyz)
ok nazi how about you at least spell America right!!!
I concur with your ... ( 3 days ago by calebabcxyz)
I concur with your theories, as I too believe Ludwig was a genius but the principle of economics relates directly to freedom to provide us with politics and a political standpoint to which we live.
Von Mises ... ( 1 day ago by Ooftyman)
Von Mises definitely had a huge contribution on 20th century economics. Sadly, I think "Tricky Dick" was right though when he said "We're all Keynesians." Well, I'm not, but I think the current measures Obama is taking will definitely further entrench idiocy in Washington. As much as I hate to admit it, I think Keynes had a bigger impact on modern economic thinking, despite his the perpetually failing policies influenced by his work.



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